7. Between 2001 and 2006, the increase in numbers was partly due
to improved recording. The increase observed since 2007 is more
likely to reflect a real increase in numbers.

8. The Scottish Dietary Goal (
SDG) has recently
been updated (Scottish Government, 2016) and is now that no more
than 5% of daily energy intake should be from free sugars. As the
data presented precedes this change, this report focuses on the
SDG prior to
2016.